Oh No I've been tagged

Well I might have to do this later as I am a little busy. I am going into hospital tomorrow to have that blasted sinus operation..so will do it when I get back. Am so not looking forward to it but then again I hate the sinus too! LOL
Not sure when I will find out if I am a diabetic or not..perhaps tomorrow. but that's another story! Too boring to continue with!

Ellen is 17

I know I am a terrible Blooger but I am here now LOL. I love this photo of Ellen cutting here unusual cake!

It was an ice cream ake covered in sour worms and sour skittle! She loved it!

How grown up she looks and how beautiful too. The pink shawl thingy was a gift from big sister Amanda and she loved it. The earrings were too!

We went out for dinner with family members and had a lovely time.

Yuck!

I have been feeling so yuck for so long now that I am taking it out here! LOL No not really just venting a little! Also I don't update enough I know!
I took this photo of my scrapping buddy the other night..not that I was scrapping do you think she was trying to tell me something???? She must be uncomfortable but just loves it in here..Ellen saw the ribbon just hanging so helped to decorate Princess Chaunsee..this was some fun! Princess C wasn't so sure about the decorating though!

OMg an update!

Well here we are..not the best photo but at least it has us all! LOL As well as the games on top of the bookcase!!!! Bugger!
Ellen is really this pale at the moment as she hasn't ben well, first with a bad cold and asthma and now with a severe middle ear infection! This was the weekend betwwen both bad weekends!
These are Ben's new glasses which really are for reading but at least he likes them! I think it is the fact that they are Diesel ones...LOL
Amanda is well and had a loss of 2 kgs so was very happy!
And Simon...well he is fighting fiot and happy too! we are definitely going to have to practise the art of self timing photos and the use of the tripod! LOL
Not this weekend as I am still sick with this blasted sinus infection that won't go..onto my second type of antibiotic and now gettig over a stomach virus from today! now I suppose it will go through the rest of the house..oh boy I hate it when Simon gets it..being a diabetic it is the pits!
Hoping everyone else is fighting fit and having a fun weekend.

Here are the Godparents with Brigid and sweet little Angus. All family and very proud of this gorgeous little boy.

At Angus' Chritening

Here are my delightful girls outside our old church. It was a beautiful day last sunday and everything went off without a hitch.

JOyce Tagged me!

1. How old are you? 45 2. How many kids do you have if any? 3 3. Are you married? Married for more than 22 years! 4. What is your occupation? Apart from being a mum I am a full time Primary School Teacher 5. What are your passions? My family..my intense likes are scrapping, photography and doing wriiten puzzles. ( Now I bet you didn't know that one! LOL) !6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? Dreamer 7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? Yep 8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? As much as I can! 9. What do you want to do before you die? Travel anywhere and everywhere with my DH and take lots of photos of course! 10. What is your favorite food? Roasts and hey who am I kidding just about everythign! 11. What is the food you hate the most? Hate brussel sprouts and radishes! 12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? Having a body this size means lots of embarrassing things happen! 13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far? When I got married and had my three children, when my children do anything that makes them proud and happy..it doesn't have to be big! 14. Are you a neat freak? Or a dirty house cleaner? I hate housework but I also hate a dirty house...so I have a messy house at times !
I will let anyone who would like to do this go for it!

I had a play yesterday!

Well here are a few of my so called masterpieces! LOl had fun doing them..there are four more as well! However we did have a very rushed time and I was totalled exhausted by the end as we fit a two day seminar inot one day! Got lots of ideas and my head was spinning! The first pic is of Rex the cameleon..I didn't want him too camouflaged or you wouldn't see him! It was a little like making the background for serendipity squares! Next is my Happiness Creature which is supposed to be an island coming out of the water..could you tell? LOL Lastly is my horse! Yep I know not your average colour but hey that's what is so much fun with imagination..now which one do you think I might do with my class??????

Aha an update! Surprise!

Well I decided I need to get updated..but it really hasn't been very exciting here! LOL The really big news is that our lovely niece had a beautiful baby boy, Angus Samuel on July 1. wasn't she clever starting off the new financial year like this??? Here he is in Simon's arms..he really is gorgeous. It is so hard to give him back..none of us want to! Hehe.

This is an altered notebook I did for a prize. I was quite pleased with it..I hope the recipient does!!!!

This is the secret santa gift I made for Tess..who eventually put her glasses on and read the post label!!! It was such fun teasing with my clues ...mind you I thought my last clue gave it away..."This person is larger than life itself!"...LOL

This is for Chrissy's challenge..to upload your favourite LO from the Aussie daily challenges..so here is mine! My gorgeous DD Amanda.

Well I have my second Lo for my BOM..yuck! I hate photos of me and scrapping them seems like penance! LOL Oh well it is done and i have conquered another page..2 down lots to go! LOL

Mother's Day

This is what Ben and Ellen gave me for Mother's day..the words are gorgoeus in the lid. The thoughts behind the gifts were really special.
The stone in the box has Happiness etched in gold on it.
The scratchies and flowers were from amanda and Simon, amanda also bought me a Take 5 magazine as she knows I love the puzzles. I was a very lucky mother on Sunday.

Happy Birthday Benjamin

Today my gorgeous Ben turned 15! He made it!
I had organised with a friend of his to get a little party ready at school as a surprise. He had a chocolate mud cake and enjoyed it thoroughly.
This afternoon he was so happy to finally get a Palm Pilot! This made for one very happy 15 year old. The other things he got also brought big smiles..an Xbox game and 2 boxes of pellets for his air rifle. He quickly tucked away the cash he'd received and then helped himself to one of his favourite meals..Shepherd's Pie with Garlic Bread!
Here he is with his birthday cake tonight..a caramel mud cake from the Cheesecake shop..his favourite. So all in all he had lots of favourite things and managed to have a great day even though it was a school day.

OK Virginia tagged me..thanks a bunch!
What scrapbook products/lines do you like/ dislike?There are really too many that I like to list but I am a Chatterbox fan and also wonder what I'd do without MM!
What technique do you use more than anything else? It's called simple scrapbooking!
What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? Strips are fine sometimes if they are wide enough but I've given up saving little itty bits! I never use them!
Have you had any scrapping related injuries? Headaches from things not going right! LOL
Finish this sentence…'If I weren’t a scrapbooker/stamper I'd still be taking thousands of photos!
Give your best storage organisational tool My wooden 12 X 12 paperholders!
You just won a week long scrapping cruise for 5. I'd have a lotto comp to see who came! unlike Virginia I wouldn't throw anyone over board!
When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? Never been published so no one to tell! LOl It's a bit hard though when you don't submit!

Now I tag...Tassie Deb!

Happy Birthday Chaunsee

Well today was Princess Chaunsee's 2nd birthday! She received a tine of sardines and had a very creamy cake for her special day!
Not having any idea what we were doing she was a little unsure but liked the cream and the sardines!

Here is Chaunsee with her present and what an expensive one at that! LOL Ellen is helping Her Royal Furball to blow out the candles and cut the cake! She was exhausted after this and having some of her treats so she curled up on the lounge to have a nap! Poor little thing all this excitement is too much! Of course the family enjoyed the cake for dessert!

Back to school!

Well we went back after our extremely short holiday and of course feel like..what holiday? The school cross country races for both my school and Ellen and Ben's were on this week and we managed to live through them as well! I was one of the lucky teachers on 'Crowd control'..yeh right...how do you control children who are bored witless or over eager to get out and run? Still the other teacher and I managed it...... sort of! LOL By the way it was reasonably quiet that afternoon in each classroom...do you think the children were worn out?? This cute photo of Princess Chaunsee was taken last night..hey she must have run her own cross country as she was absolutely exhausted! Of course this meant that Ellen couldn't move a muscle or else she'd disturb poor little Chaunsee..so no washing up could be done by Ellen!!!!! LOL After a great day out with Seona and Susan C I was really tired and was in bed by 9:30pm! But bright eyed and bushy tailed today so might get some scrapping in!!!!

Games Too!

Having so much fun with the hunt we decided to stAy out in the barbecue area . the sun was shining and the birds were chirping..and the dogs were locked up! LOL
The children wanted to play Cluedo but could only find the Junior version so we played that! we still had quite a few laughs.
Then it was onto Celebrity Head and it was hard to keep the card in the headbands because we laughed so much..mine did fall out at one stage! I was Mickey Mouse and Pinocchio and actually won the second game! Next it was Boggle and boy did we get some dud combinations but we had a few laughs over the 'made up' words! I can recommend an afternoon playing games and must say that I did not touch one of those chips in that photo!

Easter Hunt

Here are my 'Goofballs' having fun after the hunt! Every year we have a hunt together and even though they are getting older if I didn't have one they would be upset. The whole family joins in and later it is the sitting around and sharing of the goodies after they have been piled up that is really important. We chat and laugh and basically muck around...as you can see! This year all of the treats were sortedby Amanda and then everyone took one and shared it with the others..the left over odd ones went to Dad!!! LOL

Again we had a lot of fun playing Pictionary. Kathleen and Brigid came up to our place for Easter dinner...roast pork, lamb, chicken and ham! It was yummo and Brigid had made a really delicious apple crumble pie for dessert. even Princess chaunsee had a taste! Not but she enjoyed the company and the tidbits from dinner! She looks evil with those green eyes but she's not..honest injun!
Here are Kathleen and Ellen who were on one team enjoying a giggle or two. Well we were no Picasso's that's for sure but it was a hoot! a fabulous way to end the day.

The Easter Bunny was very good to my children but then they were very giving to each other as well. They all thought about each others likes and dislikes and really put thought into their gifts. Then for me..even though they were very naughty and all gave me chocolates!!!!....they then helped to tidy up, vacuum and do the kitchen!
After all of this another game of Pictionary was in order!

This is Amanda's loot from the Easter Bunny. The fact that you are 19 does not deter one from filling an Easter Basket with grass and leaving it out for the Easter Bunny..I am very grateful that this is still the case!

More photos from the party.

This is Jan, my sister, and her dog Kibbles. Kibbles spent most of the day hiding under the pool table! LOl Poor little thing didn't like all of the company and just wanted Jan! In this photo she is trying to jump from side to side as most of the visitors had gone and she had her favourite person back!
Here are my three gorgeous children! a little biased but then I am their mother! Ellen(16) is on the left, Amanda(19) in the middle and Ben(nearly 15) is on the right. Amanda is not impressed that as the oldest she is the shortest and Ben is delighted he is not the shortest in his class any more!

My sister wasn't happy about turning 50 but at the end of the day said she had had a great day with friends and family so was cool with being 50...well what choice did she really have???? LOL

Today we went down to the Gold Coast for my eldest sister's 50th birthday party. We had a lovely day and enjoyed good company, good food and a gorgeous sunny day. Mum is up from Sydney so we took the opportunity to have a photo together. Luckily we were all colour coordinated..unintentional but a scrapbookers dream! Mum doesn't look too bad for nearly 81!

As soon as we arrived home I downloaded the photos from the day and with the help of the delightful Susan C I have learnt how to add them to the Blog! Thank you very much Susan.

I hope the Easter bunny/Bilby visits tonight and leaves lots of goodies for you!

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Good Friday

Today I woke at 4am and started scrapping straight away! yipee..nobody awake and the house was quiet..a rarity! Started on an album for mum who is up visiting from Sydney! I am using the photos from Tim's 21st..my nephew who absolutely gorgeous.
Later in the evening Amanda, Simon, Ben and I played a couple of games of Pictionary..what a hoot! We know none of us can draw but boy are we bad! We reverted to charades when things were really tough and we suck at that too! Well we had heaps of fun and think we'll play another game on sunday night when more people are around..game aren't we????